I stumbled upon this video of one of the applicants, who sadly didn't move on to the next round.

I love, love that Rayne talks up her parenting as a strength and her social media skills.

We can talk all we want about how we would want a seasoned politician in this spot as Illinois is in a crisis. But hey, didn't seasoned politicians get us in this mess? Why not put a mom who knows how to Twitter in there? Either way, it's awesome to see Rayne in this video go after an elected office like this. Hopefully it won't be the last we hear of her.

I don't know why accepting applications is seen by the party as "transparency." The Mayor did it for three aldermanic vacancies he has to fill (he filled two last week) as well. But there doesn't seem to be much follow up that would allow us to believe it is true transparency.

But good luck to Megan and the other candidates headed to Springfield this weekend! And let's get on with this election.